Kitchen Remodeling in Sandy Springs, GA
Sandy Springs is the least uniform place we work, which means a kitchen here starts with a longer look at the house than it does anywhere else on our list.
Two kitchens a mile apart, from two different decades
Nearly twenty-nine percent of Sandy Springs housing predates 1980 and the 1980s is the largest decade, but those averages hide the widest neighborhood-level variation of any town we serve. Two houses a mile apart here can be twenty-five years apart in age, on different lot shapes, with different mechanical systems and completely different assumptions about where a kitchen belongs. That is why a Sandy Springs kitchen brief takes a longer Discovery visit than the same brief in Johns Creek, where we already know most of the answers before we arrive. The practical consequence is a sequencing one. In a house of this age the mechanical, electrical and plumbing work and the plan work are frequently confused for one another, and the money question is not whether to do both — it is that doing the systems work while the walls are already open is what makes the plan work affordable at all. Getting that argument on the table during design is most of what we bring to a kitchen here.
The same caveat everywhere: cabinetry sets the end date
Whatever town the house is in, custom and semi-custom cabinetry runs eight to fourteen weeks from approved drawings, and it is almost always the longest lead time in a kitchen. That is why we order it during the design phase rather than after demolition, and it is why a kitchen that starts with a signed design agreement in January is not a kitchen that finishes in March. Any firm telling you otherwise is either not designing or not busy.
What this covers
Each of these is a service in its own right, offered in Sandy Springs and everywhere else we work. What follows is how it goes in Sandy Springs specifically, rather than a fifteenth thing we do.
Kitchens
Layout first, then everything else. Most of our kitchens move a wall.
Custom Cabinetry
Rooms that fit their house instead of fitting a catalogue's increments.
Floor Plan Reconfiguration
The square footage is right. The walls are in the wrong places.
Questions about kitchen remodeling
How long does a kitchen take?
Design runs eight to fourteen weeks depending on how much the layout moves. Construction is typically ten to sixteen weeks for a kitchen with layout changes, and less for one that stays inside its existing walls. You get a written schedule with the Fixed-Price Proposal, before you sign anything.
What investment range does a kitchen usually land in?
Kitchens are the most common project in our two middle bands. Rather than put a number here with no context attached, we publish all four ranges — what each one typically includes, what it covers, and who we are honestly not the right firm for — on The Right Fit.
Can we keep using the kitchen during the work?
No. A kitchen down to the studs has no water, no power at the counters, and no appliances for most of the schedule. We set up a temporary kitchen somewhere sensible on day one — a sink, a refrigerator, a microwave and a work surface — and we plan the demolition around where that lands.
What does the five-year workmanship warranty cover on a kitchen?
Our workmanship: framing, drywall, tile setting, cabinetry installation, trim, paint adhesion, and the installation of the fixtures and appliances we put in. The appliances and the cabinetry finishes carry their own manufacturer warranties. The full written terms are part of your contract.
Should we do the kitchen on its own or as part of something larger?
If the walls around the kitchen are also wrong, doing them together is one design, one permit and one mobilization instead of two. If the rest of the plan works, a kitchen on its own is a clean project and we do plenty of them.
Tell us about a house in Sandy Springs
The town is pre-filled. Four short steps, and it ends with a call from Priscilla within one business day.
Tell us about your house.
A Discovery visit is free, it happens at your house, and it ends with a written summary of scope and a realistic investment band.
